#okay maybe elinor didnt very much
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this is one of my favorite theses in the inkworld each way it plays out is so!!
elinor's dad valued his books over her and her sisters to the point she internalizes it and becomes the same kind of hermit he was, before and after the folcharts come back into her life. basta was groomed into believing he was inherently unlovable except by capricorn so he'd do anything to keep that small remaining amount of love. brianna realizes if dustfinger wasn't dead then he had to have abandoned her, so the next person to give her their full attention? she'll throw away every other relationship she has for them, the same way she was thrown away. the verbal abuse violante endured as a kid (and currently, because 19 is still a kid) influenced the kind of mother she is and she doesn't even realize until it's almost too late that she's done to jacopo what the adder did to her! and I've already talked about the physical abuse from farid's birth family influencing how he forms severely anxious relationships.
and none of these are just character padding! all of these characters influence the plot so heavily by becoming traumatized and by working through it and I don't have any idea how she pulled it off
#okay maybe elinor didnt very much#im trying to be nice to her bc i dont like her at all lmao#this is not written half as well as i want it to be but ive been dwelling on it for two weeks and i cant think of how else to say it so#meggie's like the only significant kid who does not ever once think shes worthless#mo raised a mean child but he did not raise one with low self esteem lol good for her#i tried really hard not to lean into the daddy issues thing but terrible fathers is such a good theme#inkheart#says kenna#hey uhhhh how is it 2am#was gonna point out how lol jehan also doesnt have this prob but i remembered it's lowkey on my tcor wishlist for him#which#i should post my wishlist probably do yall have any interest in seeing that#i have Theories
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